Qualities & Gifts Sought

About France

France is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean.

The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

France has a population of approx. 65 million people and its capital is Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux.

France has long been a global centre of art, science, and philosophy. It hosts Europe's third-largest number of cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site. France received 83 million foreign tourists in 2012, ranking it as the first tourist destination in the world, ahead of the USA (67m) and China (58m).

France is a developed country with the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. France performs well in international rankings of education, health care, life expectancy, and human development.

Pray with us for:
unity among believersvision for outreachthe nearly 50 million French people who have no real link to a churchthe Basquesthe minorities e.g.-the French Jewish communities-North Africans-Berbers[Operation World, print edition 2010]

WEC's ministry in France is wide-ranging and involves both sending and receiving Christian workers. WEC partners with evangelical churches in France to send workers to minister cross-culturally all over the world, but France is also a country where many do not know what it means to have a living faith in Jesus Christ.

Church planting teams are working amongst indigenous French, Basque and immigrant communities across France.

WEC is a Registered Charity in England, Wales & Scotland numbers 237005 and SCO37715. Our international site is: wecinternational.org

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